Archive for the ‘Adaptation’ Category
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
How awesome is this!? The creator of such cancelled gems as Firefly (Fox) Dollhouse (Fox) and Angel (Fox) now has the big screen bravado of Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark and Sam Jackson’s Nick Fury speaking his sarcastically delicious dialogue in the biggest superhero movie of all time. A helluva step up if you ask us.
Sure, it looks more like Iron Man 3 with some Chrises Evans and Hemsworth cameos, but you can’t help but love the way Tony admires Dr. Banner’s work.
Plus, Tony keeps wearing a Black Sabbath shirt, which is pure Iron Man.
~Matt + Nat
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Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Now, we’re not saying there’s anything WRONG with twisted metal and 3D Bay-splosions… in fact, making a film in 3D seems to have slowed down Bay’s editing pace considerably. But if you were expecting maybe third times the charm for Bay and the Transformers source material, you’ll be just as disappointed by this one as all the others. There’s barely enough to recognize your favourite 80′s cartoon was the basis of this 2.5-hour romp, but after it leaves you exhausted at the credits, you’ll need to watch the original cartoon to remind yourself what the Ark was and that Shockwave has a broader vocabulary than a cockroach.
~Matt + Nat
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Thursday, May 19th, 2011
With THOR, summer comicbook movies are open for business. From Hopkins to Portman the cast was phenomenal, and Chris Hemsworth is officially perfect casting as the God of Thunder. But the big surprise was just how expertly Kenneth Branagh managed to direct a film that spans an Ice Kingdom, Asgard and New Mexico! What did you think?
~Matt + Nat
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Sunday, March 20th, 2011
It’s not a movie per se, but with six episodes in Darabont’s mini-series based on Robert Kirkman’s comics, AMC’s Walking Dead is definitely geeky enough to warrant a thread for us all to chat about it!
And once the DVD comes out in the Spring, we’ll be giving it a Matt + Nat review just like we would for any geeky/genre/comicbook movie!
~Matt + Nat
Posted in Action, Adaptation, Comicbook, Drama, Horror, TV Show, Zombie | 13 Comments »
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 is easily the darkest film in the series, but as half a movie, it’s tough to judge on its own merit. We both loved it to death, but we’ve also BOTH read all the books at this point. What did you think?
And be sure to visit Matt’s Mo’ Space to donate to Matt’s mustache for Movember!
~Matt + Nat
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
The cast of RED could have all phoned in their performances, and it still would have been some of the finest acting that the action genre has ever seen. Toss in Helen Mirren firing an artillery canon, and this baby is worth catching in the theatre for sure! Just don’t go in expecting to see the Warren Ellis comics on the big screen.
~Matt + Nat
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Monday, October 11th, 2010
With a cast like Bruce WIllis, Morgan Freeman, Richard Dreyfus, John Malkovich, Ernest Borgnine and Helen Mirren, there’s really no other reason needed to go see this one immediately. But the fact that it’s based on a comicbook from the mind of the iconic Warren Ellis just puts this baby over the top!
~Matt + Nat
You can click the [HD] button in the videoframe to watch this episode in 720pHD!
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Adapted from a book that’s loosely based on Facebook’s amazing rise to ubiquity, The Social Network has a lot more going for it as a film than it does as a history lesson. But Matt & Nat both agree that this is a must-see film, even if it doesn’t quite fill the big-screen at the multiplex. So if you don’t have the time or cash to catch it in the theatre, you can forgive yourself for watching it on your TV, iPad or PSP.
12 Geeks out of 15.
~Matt + Nat
P.S. You can click the [HD] button in the videoframe to watch this episode in 720pHD!
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